Greg still hadn't said anything. Sam's heart felt like it could just about jump out of his skin.
"Well…" Sarge began to speak,
"I'm not the slightest bit surprised, according to Casey, you two seem to be perfect for each other"
The whole table let out a small laugh before Sam realised, they were all smiling. It was like all his Christmases rolled into one.
Greg raised his beer in the air.
"To the happy couple…" The rest of the team then placed their glasses in the air as well.
"May all your sneaking around the team and breaking the rules be worth it"
They all let out another laugh, Sam's more nervous then the others, before everybody took a sip of their drink.
He looked over into Jules' eyes and it was amazing how both could not open their lips yet a thousand words could be said. All the thoughts and emotions just bounced back off each other and fell down into three simple words. I love you.
"So that's it?" Sam clearly surprised by the answer.
"One of us isn't getting kicked off the team?" Jules obviously shocked as well.
"We'll discuss that later but for now let's just enjoy the moment"
The night was filled with drinks, laughs and more drinks and for a moment, Jules forgot why they were celebrating before she looked down at the beautiful diamond ring on her ringer and across at the beautiful man sitting at the table and it hit her like a ton of bricks I'm getting married.
It sounds silly really but the whole day had been such a blur that it took a while to sink in.
As the bar started to close up they all realised that it was probably time to leave. As Lou, Wordy, Spike, Ed and Greg headed for the door, Jules walked over to Sam and took her hand in his. This was the first time they had ever done such a thing in front of the team. And they loved it.
As Wordy and his "Mini-van express" pulled up to Sam's house, they were too busy poking jokes at the two love birds to even see Casey rugged up in a pink coat asleep on his front veranda.
Jules turned around to walk to the front door with Sam still receiving "Don't hurt our sister" threats before she saw Casey.
"Casey?" She practically ran towards the 5 year old who slowly awoke from her sleep.
The rest of Team One were soon huddling around Casey who had now crawled into Jules arms and was trying to fall asleep on her shoulder.
"I'm cold, can I stay here tonight?" She spoke as if this was nothing out of the ordinary. Casey lived a good half an hour walk away and it was close 3am. Not to mention it was practically snowing outside.
Jules looked up at Sam who nodded and led the Team into his house; they seemed to be in no rush to leave.
As Sam quickly dialled his sister's number the rest of the Team sat down with Casey.
"Why are you here Casey?" Jules motherly instinct had kicked in.
"I was hungry and mum wouldn't wake up to make me dinner"
She wouldn't wake up?
"Was she sleeping?" Jules questioned Casey while wrapping her in a blanket.
"I think so. She just kept drinking her water and then she started acting funny and then she just fell asleep. I tried waking her but she wouldn't wake up"
The team each exchanged worried looks. It was clear that what Casey perceived as water was in fact alcohol.
Sam walked back over.
"She's not answering her phone" He too could see the looks on his team mates' faces.
"I'll stay here with Casey, get her some food and maybe a hot bath. You can go over to your sister's place and sort it out" Jules gave Sam a reassuring smile that settled him inside.
"Thanks guys but I think I can handle it from here"
"Just call if you need anything" Wordy added before heading out the door.
Sam knelt down to Casey who was now huddled warmly in Jules' arms.
"Hey Cass, were Ariel and Kiana ok?"
"I think so. I gave Ariel some baby food before she fell asleep and I found a banana for Kiana to eat and then she fell asleep"
Sam's face lit up and he smiled.
"I'm so proud of you Cass" He stroked her fringe out of her eyes before kissing her forehead.
"Do you have any chocolate?" Casey no longer sounded tired, in fact she sounded excited. This was like a slumber party for her.
Sam and Jules laughed.
"Let's see what we can find" Jules told Casey as she stood up.
Sam stood up too and took Jules hands.
"Welcome to the family" He said as he placed a kiss on her lips.
Casey seemed to be too busy looking for chocolate to even notice that was she had wished for was coming true.